diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 44c0234..a71f8bd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Live Systems Maintainers <debian-live@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Iain R. Learmonth <irl@debian.org>, Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>,
  Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  po4a,
 Standards-Version: 4.4.1
 Rules-Requires-Root: no